#purpose

I've come to the conclusion that a man without a cause is nothing. He has nothing to look forward to, he has nothing to work toward; he is as a man lost, wandering in the darkest part of his heart to find a deeper, better purpose in his life. ↗

— Hazel B. West

#lost-faith #purpose #faith

I am not on this planet to get something done - the things we accomplish are expressions of our purpose. ↗

— Paul Williams

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The purpose firm is equal to the deed. ↗

— Edward Young

#equal #firm #purpose

Butterfly was certainly a vehicle for me, and if it died, it still would have served its purpose, in spades. We never expected it to give me the visibility it has given me. It was just a small thing as a vehicle, and suddenly the whole world knew about it. ↗

— Pia Zadora

#butterfly #certainly #died #expected #give

My one purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others. ↗

— Jamie Zawinski

#others #purpose #serve #warning

The photograph reverses the purpose of travel, which until now had been to encounter the strange and unfamiliar. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#encounter #had #now #photograph #purpose

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#make #purpose #serve #world #your

If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument, no doubt he would. He pretends to punish me because his argument is strong; but he really punishes me because his argument is weak. ↗

— William Godwin

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The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#freedom #human #like #maintained #political

Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose. ↗

— Andy Goldsworthy

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